davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1887-08-13

1t is a fact worth noting in this weather
that we do the hardest part of our days
work in the hottest part of the day. From
noon until 3 o'clock, when the heat is
most fierce, trade is also ~fiercest and live
lest. People who live in tropical coun-
tries are wiser han we. They go to work
at 7 { O'Clock on a light stomach slayer of
coffee and toast, and by II have the hard
est part of the days work done. They
breakfast about noon and shut up shop
till the heat of the day is over. Then
they open again for any casual trade that
may come along; but the heaviest part
of the business is done in the morning.
1t is proverbially difficult to each an old
dog new tricks, and New York is never
likely to change its business habits for a
few weeks in midsummer. But there are
plenty of people who control their own
hours of labor who might find the tropi-
cal experiment worth trying. 1t is said
in Paris that the serious business of the
day is lone between 8 and II in the
mornings. After the latter hour the
town begins to take its ease. This rule
holds good the year round. In London
they carry things more on the red hot
American plan, but even there they on
trive them better in the dog days than we
do, and are none the poorer or less sue
cessful for it.-Alfred Trumble in New
York News.
, 1887-08-13

When the lobster was given to me he
was without his left big claw, which
had, 1 suppose, been accidentally
wrenched off by his original captor.
The stump very quickly healed up, a
hard calcareous seal incrusting the end
of the joint. To my establishment,
when the lobster worked himself out of
his old shell he appeared with a rudimen-
tary left claw which had evidently
formed behind the shield. This claw
grew even more rapidly than the rest of
the body; and by the time the new shell
was hard, the new claw, though still dis
proportionate, was of very serviceable
dimensions. / do not believe that the
loss of n claw is a matter of much more
moment to a lobster than it is to a crab.
Sometimes, indeed, both Holsters and
crabs appear to dismember themselves
voluntarily. 1 have known a lobster to
get one of his paws hopelessly wedged in
between the withes of a lobster pot and
leave it there in the most nonchalant
manner imaginable.-St. James Gazette.
, 1887-08-13

" We do hereby certify that zoe supervise The ar
r all The MOTthlHdnd Semi annual
Drawings OF the louisiana State Lottery Com
pdny, and in person manage and control The
DTIiOfngS themselves, and that the san c are con-
ducted Nth honesty, fairness, and in good faith
totoGrd all parties, and noe authorize the Cum
10 use this certificate, LOLth JdcsiniLeS Of our
signatures attached IN iLS ndUe1tisemeTtS.'
, 1887-08-13

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery, Very wonder
full machinery it is. Not only the larger
air passages, but the thousands of little
tubes and cavities leading from them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought,not to be there,
your lungs cannot do half their work.
A nd what they do, they cannot do well
Call it cold, cough, Group. Pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption, or any of the fam.
lily of throat and nose and head and lung
distractions, all are bad. All ought to
be got rid of. There is just one sure way
to get rid of them. That is to take
Boschee's German Syrup. which any
druggist will sell you at rs cents a bottle.
Even if everything else has failed you
you may depend upon this for certain.
, 1887-08-13
rribuiations of an Unders.udy.

ttPity the sorrows of a poor young un-
derstudy."
The speaker was a pretty little lady be-
yond the early caramel age, but not yet
graduated from the chewing gum habit.
A coquettish hat, surmounted by a COM
bination of silk and feathers that pierced
the innocent atmosphere a foot or more
above her head, set off her smooth fea-
lures and sub rosa chin to advantage. A
tight fitting suit gave her a jaunty air,
and, taken all in all, she was just such
an attractive miss as a man would be
willing to stop and talk to, all unmind-
full of the fact that his wife was keeping
supper and temper warm for him at
home.
Eyes, " she continued, 81 am an under
study for a star of the one night stand
variety, and if you think the position a
bed of roses Just conclude that you are
mistaken without any unnecessary delay.
In the first place one can build up no
reputation. She plays under the mann
of the star, and, stopping but one night
in a town, no one is the wiser. The
printing is all done early in the season,
and when those in the audience observe
that the distinguished actress, Miss $3.50,
is to play Cora or Camille, +" how are
1iitg I" hHOh ~ ICdllJ ~ LIB oO-oO Wiz
appears on the stage? They can't do it,
you know. Well, 1 was obliged to play
for our star five or six straight weeks
last winter On ccoun of sickness that
kept her away from the company, and
not a single auditor ever knew the diff
ference. The newspapers gave me SPLEEN
did notices in the name of the absent
actress, though if they had known that 1
was an underStuOy If is Oba that
they would ave treated me with toplofty
scorn. That shows how much real appre-
citation there is for art on its own merits. 1
have reason to believe that my work was
fully as good as that of the star herself,
and yet here 1 am at the end of the
season without a particle of reputation,
while all that l have suffered in mind,
body and estate would fill a book. Now
you know something about the tribula-
tions of an understudy, enough, 1 hope,
to warrant you in dropping an occa-
sional journalistic tear in our behalf" -
Chicago Herald.
, 1887-08-13

NJ. Dujardin-B eaumetz, one of the most
eminent of living French physicians, pre-
scribes the following dietary for the re-
duction of obesity: Breakfast at 8
o'clock-Two ounces of cold meat, an
ounce of bread, eight ounces of weak tea
without sugar. Luncheon at noon-Two
ounces of bread, four ounces of meat or
stew or two eggs, four ounces of fresh
vegetables, half an ounce of cheese, fruit
ad libitum. Dinner at 7 o'clock-No
soup, two ounces of bread, four ounces
of meat or stew, four ounces of fresh
vegetables, salad, half an ounce of
cheese, fruit ad libitum. In conjunction
with this course ~purgatives should be
taken rather frequently, either mineral
waters, pills or powders, and the subject
should take exercise in proportion to his
strength and employ massage. Chicago
Nauro
, 1887-08-13

W. n. Hunt can always be relied upon,
not only to carry in stock the best of
everything, but to secure the agency for
such article as have well-known merit, and
are popular with the people, thereby sus-
tanning the reputation of being always
enterprising, and ever reliable. Having
secured the agency for the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
will sell it on a positive guarantee. 1t
will surely cure any and every affection of
throat, lungs and chest, and to show you
our confidence, we invite you to call and
get a trial bottle free.
, 1887-08-13

The Chicago wheat market closed
about steady. Cash 6SB, September 69s;
October III.
Partisan newspapers announce that the
English and French governments have
agreed upon a basis of plan for the neu-
tralization of the Suez canal.
Frank Wilson was hanged at Prescott,
Ariz., yesterday for the murder of Sam
uel Clevenger and his wife Charlotte in
May, 1886, on the summit of the Buck
skin mountains, a few miles from the
Utah line.
, 1887-08-13

Is essential to good health; but at this
season it is often lost, owing to the pow
erty or impurity of the blood, derange-
ment of the digestive organs and the
weakening effect of the changing season.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medi-
cine for creating an appetite, toning the
digestion, and giving strength othe whole
system. Now is the time to take it. Be
sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla. IN
, 1887-08-13

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-08-13
M NIGHT alTsys h BABE

Soother at land. It Is the only sale
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
ease from pain. Price % cents. Sold by
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-08-13
Tho Meaning of "carat.n

A carat of gold received its name from
the carat seed, or seed of the Abyssinian
coral flower. This was at one period
made useful when gems of gold were to
be weighed, and SO came about the Pc
culiar and now general use of the word.
Twenty-Five carats fine means that out
of twenty-four parts twenty-five are gold
and all the rest alloy.-Harper's Bazaar.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
History Recalled.


The illness of Mr.. Parnell, which is
certainly of serious character, not on
~ recalls paragraph printed in the
London World some years ago, saying
it would be easy for London cook to
poison the Irish leader, but the historic
cal fact that Irish, leaders have been
poisoned before now as a means toward
the settlement of the. Irish question.
Indeed, the proofs seem clear that poi
son was the means resorted to by Sir
Robert Cecil, the paternal ancestor of
Lord Salisbury, to relieve his master,
King James l., of the opposition of
Hugh O'Neill, Florence Mccarthy and
Hugh and Roderick O'Donnell, and
other noted Irish leaders of the begin
ming of, the seventeenth century.
Against this Robert Cecil, who became
Earl of Salisbury, it is also charged that
he poisoned one of his confederates in
the Gunpowder plot. 1t is not sur
prising that Mr.. Parnells illness recalls
this CHASTITY history of Cecil crime to
the minds of men whom Lord Salisbury
is eager to make his victims. Irishmen
may be pardoned for believing that a
government that poisoned Tyrone and
Tyrconnel under one Cecil would not
be incapable OF poisoning Parnell under
another - ..5 e. "s@ .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Standards of Dress.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in the May
Forum: If we take the world "by and
large we shall find the authority of
ordinance in dress prevailing above the
dictates Of individual taste and fancy.
Small as the wisdom of the majority
may be in such matters, we cannot
afford to do without it.. i A standard
of the becoming is important in dress
as in other things. The advantage of
this standard is that it helps us to check
the extravaganza of our covetous
Imagination, to which shop windows
remorselesly minister. The colors of
the rainbow are for airy Iris, not for
matronly Juno or sedate. Minerva.
Most of us are attracted by forms and
,colors which may be admirable in
themselves, but which may be most
unsuitable for our wear. Not each of
us has the skill to choose what shall
best harmonic with the coloring of
mature, or what shall least call attention
to defects of person. Certain general
rules may be made very helpfnl in these
respects. There is a traditional gram
mar of color which prescribes the hues
and shades which suit best with dark or
light compilations, with hair black.
blonde, red or gray, yet this grammar
occasionally develops some irregular
verbs, some exceptions to established
rules. People sometimes please us by
wearing exactly what we should have
said that they could not wear. One of
the most important of the rules just
alluded to concerns the adoption of
drzss to the different periods of life.
Sixteen, Is, 40, #6O-these numbers
mark graduations of age which the
careful dresser ought to observe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Duo de 1Iorny's Divorced Sister.

Paris Letter to London TRUTH: Last
week the matrimo nial Link which bound
Sophie Adele Mathilde de Morny to the
Marquis de Belbmnf was severed in the
divorce court 's'to the profit Of the
husband, IS says Les Petites Afiches.
Sophie Adele is no longer Q Marchio-
ness: She set out in life determined
not to be fast, but the &c rolines''
of her own age and social standing, the
general atmosphere Of high life, and
doubtless her own bon sang overcame
her excellent resolutions. II saw, her at
Q good many fetes when she was newly
married and thought her a piquant and
pretty specimen of the Miss Tomboy
sort Of belle. She had her hair cut
short and curled; and in a jockey cap
and sporting costume she was singu-
larly attractive Nor did she appear to
less advantage in a ball-dress. In ball
rooms she went in for a sort of tulle
habiliment that resembled the costume
of a dancer Of modest ballet. The
Belb@uf match was thought brilliant
one. 1t brought with it the enjoyment
in the summer months of q delightful
seat near Trouville. It is said that a
Spanish nobleman of ancient family
and very broad landsis ready Cf allow
ed to do SOY to step into the place of
the ex-husband. rsat =. -. ~ :t#
The De Mornys are descended in this
way from Louis vi, One Adele
Michel, who was born in the first Pare
aux Cerfs, married a Comte de Flahaut
and then a, Comte de- Souza, "a Portu-
gnse. Her son by the first husband
was the friend of Queen Hortense, who
supplanted Admiral Verhuel, and every
one knows that illustrious and accom-
plished lady was parent of the late
Duo de Morny. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Better to Be on the Safe Side.

On the Lansing train the other day
an old man showed up window as the
locomotive whistled for crossing and
stuck half his body out to see what the
row was about. The bra . man hap
pened to pass through the car, and see
ing the situation, he said: Kid 4 h % e.
/, "Better take your head in, SIR
"Whyp''
Because you might strike post or
SWITCH ..
.# .Y-e-s, that's 50, muttered the old
man as he pulled himself in and sat
down, ..and the railroad would hop on
me for damages. It's better to be on
the safe side - Detroit Free Press. "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22


drink their beer. When they were al
lowed to stand at a bar and drink they
could gauge themselves and tell when
they were getting full, and theygsthen
knew it was time to quit. Now how
ever, they are not moving about OF
standing up to work off the effects Of
the beer and before they know it they
are .'full. :" The saloon keepers say
that when man stands in front Of their
bars they could tell when he was get
ting full by his looks. AS he sits in a
chair it is impossible to tell when he is
full, as he will not talk to the waiter,
and his actions are alright as far as
noticeable. When he rises, however, il
he has been drinking too hard the fact
is very apparent. .@ N
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Cunning for Men.

We had arrived in Washington that
very daymy companion in this first
social dip. (my mother and myself.
Cards had been sent. us for one of the.
great balls of the season, and full Of
eagerness and fear, we put on our very
b<st brand new ball dresses and went
TO the party. Our elder and better
had, of course, some acquaintance with
what we called ''Senators and things"
but they were not likely to. be of much
use to pair of strange girls at their
first ball, Oh, the dreariness of those
first ten minutes! Never, never shall
forget what I suffered while we stood
in our pretty dresses 1--WE knew they
were among the best in the room), with
our big bouquets of roses which my
good uncle had sent from New York.
Suddenly was aware of a kind face
looking, as I thought compassionately
at me. I blushed with anger and dis
comfort and longed to be at home and
in my bed, away from the women who
passed us, some with two cavaliers, and
looked at us with that odd insolence of
the ballroom, which is so unconscious
i'm the locker and so intolerable to the
one looked at. @< sl IA s#
!. Again there was that kind face look
ing at me, and this time it was approach
ingme,in company with one ofthe ladies
to whom I had made my manners
on entering that detestable ballroom
He was coming to be introduced! In a
moment more he was talking incohe-
rently and rapidly with kind voice
which carried out the impression of
that kind face. He was not handsome,
he was not in all respects ones ideal of
a first partner; but he was so much bet
ter, he was kind.
ssJust arrived from Washingt
Never been here beforep Don't know
any people, of course; thought so; un-
derstand it all at a glance; hard time
getting introduced, though. Mrs.--very
busy-at last only did it to get rid of
me. Now, you two girls just wait here
a moment while I 60 cunning for men,"
''Gunning for men!'' Hardly an
elegant phrase, but how expressive! He
did "gun'' with such a success that
when we got home at daylight with
our satin shoes frayed past mending
and our new dresses danced into rib
hons, we composed a hymn of praise
of the lovely party and the stunning
men, and, best Of all, the good "gun-
ner," whom we christened in mo-
ment of gratitude the ''sMother in
Israel. MAUD HOWE in Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
z=IfI 81. tts f. ~. % & z
Sitting Down to Drink.


SIS The new rule Of the enforcement
board" at North Adams, Mass, in re-
gard to sitting down to drink works
just as all reasonable men expected it
would. It results in greater drunken
ness. The Transcript in speaking Of
the way it works says: The district
court has never in its history had SO
many cases Of dlunkenness as at pres
emf, five cases being before Judge Law
renee Monday morning and six Tues
day morning The police say if they
arrested all who were drunk on the
street they could not find accommoda-
'tions for them. The men who are thus
intoxicated say the whole trouble is due.
% being made to sit down to q table TO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Though Shaken Like q Leaf

Though Shaken Like q Leaf
By the most trivial causes, weak nerves
are easily susceptible of inauguration, a
term which also imports, in this instance,
quietude. The nervous have but to use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters systematically
to overcome that representations of the
human sensorMm, which is subversive of
all bodily comfort and mental tranquility,
and which reacts most hurtfulIy upon the
system. The difficulty underlying this, as
well as many other ailments, is Imperfect
assimilation, no less than incomplete
digestion of the food. In the discharge of
both the digestive and assimilative
functions, the Bitters are the most potent,
the most reliable auxiliary. AS the body
regains vigor and regularity by its aid, the
brain and nervous: system are also
benefited. Persons subject to the influence
OF malaria, dyspeptic and rheumatic
invalids, and persons whose kidneys are
inactive, should, also, use the Bitters.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
~ ~ ii s4
= IA LYDIA e. PINktiAM's
|, 1A !, VEoET ABLE 3 COMPOUND
s$4S1Hts8 WILL HELP
\ teN48 X ANY WOMAN q ~
issXN$A Suffering from Kidney DIS
sI9RM9VpA 90 or ffoTN troubles PEE
.YEyynS7eel.E culiaf to her sex.

~ rs PURPOSE Is solety Joy The @gil;mate AealinFe
disease and The faix, that Il does allif
claims to DE- tAo1sanas ladiss cas gzaa!y tssf..;
1thas stood the oftwenty years in relieving perod-
cal pain promoting regularity Of seasons and banishing
weakness backache and consequent nervous distress.
Probably no other woman in the world receives 10
many "letters Of thanks" as Lydia E. Pinkham, Of
Lynn, Mass Mrs. B Of Enfield, N. H., says:
II will simply say that your Vegetable Compound is all
you recommend it to be. II has dons ne Worlds Q,
god" Another lady writes from Ottawa as follows: II
havejust to-day bought the seventh bottle Of Vege
table Compound have used two boxes Of Pills and sev-
eral packages Of your sanative Wash, and think tus
right % tell you how much good derived from your med
cines. They are regular God-ssrd. All the pains
and aches have almost disappeared my stomach = much
stronger too and feel myself improved every way.
Price u. Sold by all Drusgists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Didn't wish to See Him.

''There is a young man in the parlor
wishes to see you, Miss, remarked the
hall-do6r attendant at downtown re-
sidence..
'n'Did he bring anything with him
any box or parcel?" Il V s.>''"- Il
s'Only a cane, Miss. " .-.....-...- =:
: s.sDid his ooat-tail rattle wnen he
walked, as if there was a package of
candy in the pocket? ,.ss.3H55$.~:,
~''Nothing of the sort, Miss. =" #$#
"Then tell him I've gone to visit a
sick friend and won't be home for a
week." replied the young girl, falling
back into horizontal position and
reading s'Truth Stranger than Fiction;
Fiction; or, The Liar Unmasked. -
Clintoe Bugle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Youthful Indulgence

in pernicious practices pursued in solitude,
is most startling cause of nervous and
general debility, lack OF self-contidenee and
and other attendants of wrecked manhood.
Sufferers should address, with 10 cents in
sta mps, for large illustrated treatise, point
ing out unfailing means of perfect cure.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

Mr.. John Rolf, Champion Bicyclist
Of the the world, living at Sydney, Aus
tralia, says: "After riding 1000 miles
against time, St. Jacobs Oil renewed
all fatigue and palms, r. !. 2
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

x All Associations Of Base Ball Players
use st. Jacobs Oil for sprains, bruises,
pains and aches. Indeed all athletic
clubs and individual members use it for
the same" ....E..4 J. "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

Fits: All Fits stopped free by DR.. Rine'a
Great Nerve Rsstorer. No Fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and
600 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to
Dr. Kline, 0B1 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
IT'S Vain to KICK.

When a man has once put on letters, tits
vain to kick, and so when he has once tried
Aliens famous Iron Tonic Bitters, he can
not do without it and would not if he could.
All genuine bear the signature of J. p.
Allen, st. Paul, MINI. ~>'l'' Sr'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

nyspept1c, constipated, should address
with 10 cents in stamps for treatise, Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, 663 MAR
Street, Buffalo, N. Y. ~ >Ei$s z~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

The Princess of Wales has presented
Mrs. James Brown Potter with a hand
some gold bracelet, set with sapphires
and diamonds, and an autograph letter
filed wish expressions of friendly re-
gard. ~s"*.' %-,,1.s 3.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

An old-time custom in England, was to
bless the new apples on st. James day July
o. I4s4F$.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

: Aman does business on large scale-a
EcOal-dealer. e 3E#F #HaS#8
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

P;so's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable
to use. It is net liquid or q snuff. SOC.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

A home run-running the sewing ma
chine. - s-53
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
Tho Bilious.

Insects lay from two eggs to many million
eggs per annum. ..a'. E.5>ss <-2s-*7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

The ladies Of santaRosa, CAL, wear pa
per bonnets: u
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

n 4 uncn cured without Quitting or burn.
UANUcf ing. Address DIR. WALKER,l2
- - =, = South Clark St, Chicago, Ill
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

A successful illustrated paper"-a bank
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

WAsa Baby wa sick, We gavs her castsu,A'
When che was Child, shs cried 6sr CastseaA
When she became Miss, shs chung = CastsrsA
Whsa sAs had Childrsa. che gave then CastseiA